The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) said it has collected opinions from ministries, sectors, localities as well as domestic and foreign organisations and experts on its draft national programme on raising labour productivity and the government's draft resolution on the programme. Labourers working at a project at sea. (Photo: VNA) According to Dang Duc Anh, Vice Director of...

Instead of organizing meetings and dialogues with businesses, cooperatives in the province as every year, from September 2022 until now, leaders of the Provincial People's Committee, departments and sectors have met and talk with businesses, cooperatives and business households in the districts and cities. Thereby, the difficulties and problems of them are timely removed. According to the Department of...

On the morning of October 21, 2022, Mrs. Doan Thu Ha, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of the Vietnam - China Fair chaired the meeting to review the preparation for the fair. Mrs. Doan Thu Ha, Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's...

The Vietnam Trade Office in Beijing, its chapters and trade promotion offices in other Chinese localities have worked hard to support Vietnamese businesses to access and fully exploit the Chinese market in various forms, towards further promoting exports to the country, said Commercial Counselor at the Vietnamese Embassy in China Nong Duc Lai. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) In a...

The one-million-tonne Thi Vai LNG storage project invested by Petrovietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (PV GAS) has reached 97.08% of the progress, with a total safe time of more than 2.73 million hours and no occupational accidents during project implementation. PV GAS leaders check the progress of Thi Vai LNG storage project at the end of May. (Photo: baobariavungtau.com.vn)...

VinFast, the first Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, said on October 24 that it has received a 135 million USD climate financing package from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to manufacture Vietnam's first fully-electric public transport bus fleet and national EV charging network. Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) According to a press release from the company, which is a subordinate...

As a three-year pilot programme allowing Vietnamese people to gamble at a casino on Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang is set to finish by the end of this year, the Ministry of Finance has asked for a two-year extension due to the COVID-19 pandemic badly affecting the casino business over the last two years....

The group of securities stocks recently faced a sharper decline than the general market. Many stocks lost up to 70-80% from their peaks. An employee of SSI Securities Corporation helps an investor with administrative paper. (Photo: courtesy of the company) Securities stocks are always the most sensitive group to the fluctuations of the general market. Due to the deep...

Most Vietnamese firms operating in supporting industries are technologically and managerially underdeveloped, according to insiders. A Hyundai assembly plant in Ninh Binh province. (Photo: VNA) Pham Thanh Tung, a representative from the Industry Agency, Ministry of Industry and Trade, remarked that supporting industries were composed of roughly 5,000 firms in 2021, which operate predominantly in textile, footwear and mechanical...

Singapore is a promising market where Vietnamese products see both advantages and difficulties, Cao Xuan Thang from the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore said in an interview granted to Vietnam News Agency. A booth at the Vietnamese goods week in Singapore (Photo: VNA) Thang said that Singapore is a transit market of the world with a high level...